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and publication to be carried on with funds derived from the income of 

 the Freer fund, and to prepare an annual budget for presentation to the 

 provost of the university for the expenditure of such funds. 



5. The University of Michigan and the Freer Gallery of Art are collaborating 



in the publication of a series to be known as Ars Orientalis. This will 

 succeed the university's Freer fund pubUcation Ars Islamica, which has 

 been edited at the Freer Gallery since 1944. In its greater breadth of 

 treatment Ars Orientalis will supplement other Gallery publications. 



6. The Freer Fund Committee has established a Charles L. Freer fellowship 



in Oriental art, which may be given to candidates for the doctoral degree 

 and entitles the holder to a year of advanced work at the Freer Gallery 

 of Art. In this connection the Director of the Freer Gallery is serving on 

 the standing committee on graduate work in Oriental art of the Depart- 

 ment of Fine Arts, University of Michigan. 



Either party to the above-mentioned arrangement may terminate 

 this by the giving of a year's notice to the other party of its intention 

 to terminate. 



DOCENT SERVICE AND OTHER STAFF ACTIVITIES 



By request 19 groups met in the exhibition galleries for instruction 

 by staff members. Total attendance was 369. 



On invitation the following lectures were given outside the Gallery 

 by staff members: 



19S0 



Jan. 9. Mr. Pope lectured at the University Women's Club on "Beginnings of 



Glaze and Porcelain and Their Development through the Ming 



Dynasty." (Illustrated.) Attendance, 90. 

 Feb. 2. iNIr. Pope lectured at the Chevy Chase Women's Club on "Chinese 



Paintings." (Illustrated.) Attendance, 60. 

 Mar. 10. Mr. Pope lectured at the Cleveland Museum, Cleveland, Ohio, on 



"Introduction of Chinese Porcelain to Europe." (Illustrated.) 



Attendance, 150. 



HONORARY DUTIES 



During the year, members of the staff undertook honorary duties 

 outside the Institution as follows: 



Mr. Wenley appointed a member of the Nominating Committee of the Far 

 Eastern Association. 



Mr. Pope appointed art editor of the Far Eastern Quarterly. 



Respectfully submitted. 



A. G. Wenley, Director. 

 Dr. A. Wetmore, 



Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 



